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For ignorant fools who think the worship of India/Ma Bharati as the Mother Goddess is a Hindutva phenomenon, its important to point out that goddess Bharati was already featured in Hinduism’s earliest text, the Rig Veda.
In his “Secret of the Veda”, Shr iAurobindo describes:
For ignorant fools who think the worship of India/Ma Bharati as the Mother Goddess is a Hindutva phenomenon, its important to point out that goddess Bharati was already featured in Hinduism’s earliest text, the Rig Veda.
In his “Secret of the Veda”, Shr iAurobindo describes:
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“Saraswati is connected with goddesses Bharati and Ila. In later Puranic forms Saraswati is the goddess of speech, learning & poetry & Bharati is one of her names, but in the Vedas, Bharati & Saraswati are different. Bharati is also called Mahi, the Large, Great or Vast.
“Saraswati is connected with goddesses Bharati and Ila. In later Puranic forms Saraswati is the goddess of speech, learning & poetry & Bharati is one of her names, but in the Vedas, Bharati & Saraswati are different. Bharati is also called Mahi, the Large, Great or Vast.
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The three, Ila, Mahi or Bharati and Saraswati are tied together in a constant formula in those hymns of invocation in which the gods are called by Agni to the Sacrifice.
iḷā sarasvatī mahī tisro devīr mayobhuvaḥ
barhiḥ sīdantv asridhaḥ (1.13.9)
The three, Ila, Mahi or Bharati and Saraswati are tied together in a constant formula in those hymns of invocation in which the gods are called by Agni to the Sacrifice.
iḷā sarasvatī mahī tisro devīr mayobhuvaḥ
barhiḥ sīdantv asridhaḥ (1.13.9)
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“May Ila, Saraswati and Mahi, three goddesses who give birth to the bliss, take their place on the sacrificial seat, they who stumble not,” or “who come not to hurt” or “do no harm.”
“May Ila, Saraswati and Mahi, three goddesses who give birth to the bliss, take their place on the sacrificial seat, they who stumble not,” or “who come not to hurt” or “do no harm.”
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The formula is expanded in Hymn 110 of the tenth Mandala:
ā no yajñam bhāratī tūyam etv iḷā manuṣvad iha cetayantī
tisro devīr barhir edaṃ syonaṃ sarasvatī svapasaḥ sadantu (10.110.8)
The formula is expanded in Hymn 110 of the tenth Mandala:
ā no yajñam bhāratī tūyam etv iḷā manuṣvad iha cetayantī
tisro devīr barhir edaṃ syonaṃ sarasvatī svapasaḥ sadantu (10.110.8)
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“May Bharati come speeding to our sacrifice and Ila hither awakening our consciousness (or, knowledge or perceptions) in human wise, and Saraswati,– three goddesses sit on this blissful seat, doing well the Work.”
“May Bharati come speeding to our sacrifice and Ila hither awakening our consciousness (or, knowledge or perceptions) in human wise, and Saraswati,– three goddesses sit on this blissful seat, doing well the Work.”
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It is clear & becomes clearer that these three goddesses have closely connected functions akin to the inspirational power of Saraswati. Saraswati is the Word, the inspiration, that comes from the Ritam, the Truth-consciousness.
It is clear & becomes clearer that these three goddesses have closely connected functions akin to the inspirational power of Saraswati. Saraswati is the Word, the inspiration, that comes from the Ritam, the Truth-consciousness.
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Bharati and Ila must also be different forms of the same Word or knowledge. In the eighth hymn of Madhuchchhandas we have a Rik in which Bharati is mentioned under the name of Mahi.
evā hy asya sūnṛtā virapśī gomatī mahī
pakvā śākhā na dāśuṣe (1.8.8)
Bharati and Ila must also be different forms of the same Word or knowledge. In the eighth hymn of Madhuchchhandas we have a Rik in which Bharati is mentioned under the name of Mahi.
evā hy asya sūnṛtā virapśī gomatī mahī
pakvā śākhā na dāśuṣe (1.8.8)
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“Thus Mahi for Indra full of the rays, overflowing in her abundance, in her nature a happy truth, becomes as if a ripe branch for the giver of the sacrifice.”
Bharati/Mahi is full of the rays of this Surya; she carries in her this illumination.
“Thus Mahi for Indra full of the rays, overflowing in her abundance, in her nature a happy truth, becomes as if a ripe branch for the giver of the sacrifice.”
Bharati/Mahi is full of the rays of this Surya; she carries in her this illumination.
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Moreover she is sūnṛtā, the word of a blissful Truth, as said of Saraswati that she is impeller of happy truths, codayitrī sūnṛtānāṃ. Finally, she is virapśī, large or breaking out into abundance, which recalls to us that the Truth is also a Largeness, ṛtaṃ bṛhat.
Moreover she is sūnṛtā, the word of a blissful Truth, as said of Saraswati that she is impeller of happy truths, codayitrī sūnṛtānāṃ. Finally, she is virapśī, large or breaking out into abundance, which recalls to us that the Truth is also a Largeness, ṛtaṃ bṛhat.
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And in another hymn, (I.22.10), she is described as varūtrī dhiṣaṇā, a widely covering or embracing Thought-power. Mahi, then, is the luminous vastness of the Truth, she represents the Largeness, bṛhat, of the superconscient in us containing in itself the Truth, ṛtaṃ. "
And in another hymn, (I.22.10), she is described as varūtrī dhiṣaṇā, a widely covering or embracing Thought-power. Mahi, then, is the luminous vastness of the Truth, she represents the Largeness, bṛhat, of the superconscient in us containing in itself the Truth, ṛtaṃ. "
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We can safely assume that Bharati, the mother goddess of Bharat, has existed, ever since Hindu history began. Expert researcher @NileshOak provides a scientifically validated astronomical age of approx. 22,000 BCE for Rig Veda. Tell that to the Saif Ali Khans.
We can safely assume that Bharati, the mother goddess of Bharat, has existed, ever since Hindu history began. Expert researcher @NileshOak provides a scientifically validated astronomical age of approx. 22,000 BCE for Rig Veda. Tell that to the Saif Ali Khans.
